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  1. <attn>EUROPE'S HISTORY TIME LINE</attn>
  2.  
  3. <article>
  4. <timeline type=line>
  5. <start><date>600 BC</date></start>
  6. <end><date>1980</date></end>
  7. <timebar fid="scale002">
  8.  
  9. <range>
  10. <from>600 BC</from><to>501 BC</to>
  11. <slider>Greeks</slider>
  12. </range>
  13.  
  14. <range>
  15. <from>500 BC</from><to>401 BC</to>
  16. <slider>Romans Greeks</slider>
  17. </range>
  18. <range>
  19. <from>400 BC</from><to>301 BC</to>
  20. <slider>Romans Greeks</slider>
  21. </range>
  22. <range>
  23. <from>300 BC</from><to>201 BC</to>
  24. <slider>Romans Greeks</slider>
  25. </range>
  26. <range>
  27. <from>200 BC</from><to>101 BC</to>
  28. <slider>Romans Greeks</slider>
  29. </range>
  30. <range>
  31. <from>100 BC</from><to>1 BC</to>
  32. <slider>Romans</slider>
  33. </range>
  34. <range>
  35. <from>1</from><to>100 </to>
  36. <slider>Romans</slider>
  37. </range>
  38. <range>
  39. <from>101</from><to>200 </to>
  40. <slider>Romans</slider>
  41. </range>
  42. <range>
  43. <from>201</from><to>300</to>
  44. <slider>Romans</slider>
  45. </range>
  46. <range>
  47. <from>301</from><to>400</to>
  48. <slider>Romans</slider>
  49. </range>
  50. <range>
  51. <from>401</from><to>500</to>
  52. <slider>Dark Ages, Byzantine</slider>
  53. </range>
  54. <range><from>501</from><to>600</to>
  55. <slider>Dark Ages, Byzantine</slider>
  56. </range>
  57. <range>
  58. <from>601</from><to>700</to>
  59. <slider>Dark Ages, Byzantine</slider>
  60. </range>
  61. <range>
  62. <from>701</from><to>800</to>
  63. <slider>Dark Ages, Byzantine</slider>
  64. </range>
  65. <range>
  66. <from>801</from><to>900</to>
  67. <slider>Dark Ages, Byzantine</slider>
  68. </range>
  69. <range>
  70. <from>901</from><to>1000</to>
  71. <slider>Dark Ages, Byzantine</slider>
  72. </range>
  73. <range>
  74. <from>1001</from><to>1100</to>
  75. <slider>Middle Ages, Byzantine</slider>
  76. </range>
  77. <range>
  78. <from>1101</from><to>1200</to>
  79. <slider>Middle Ages, Byzantine</slider>
  80. </range>
  81. <range>
  82. <from>1201</from><to>1300</to>
  83. <slider>Middle Ages, Byzantine</slider>
  84. </range>
  85. <range>
  86. <from>1301</from><to>1400</to>
  87. <slider>Middle Ages, Byzantine</slider>
  88. </range>
  89. <range>
  90. <from>1401</from><to>1500</to>
  91. <slider>Renaissance Reformation</slider>
  92. </range>
  93. <range>
  94. <from>1501</from><to>1600</to>
  95. <slider>Renaissance Reformation</slider>
  96. </range>
  97. <range>
  98. <from>1601</from><to>1700</to>
  99. <slider>Modern Nations</slider>
  100. </range>
  101. <range>
  102. <from>1701</from><to>1800</to>
  103. <slider>Modern Nations</slider>
  104. </range>
  105. <range>
  106. <from>1801</from><to>1900</to>
  107. <slider>Modern Nations</slider>
  108. </range>
  109. <range>
  110. <from>1901</from><to>2000</to>
  111. <slider>Modern Nations</slider>
  112. </range>
  113.  
  114.  
  115.  
  116. <event>
  117. <vague></vague> 
  118. <time><from>600 BC</from><to>501 BC</to></time>
  119. <p>Greek city states emerge</p>
  120. </event>
  121. <event>
  122. <vague></vague> 
  123. <time><from>600 BC</from><to>501 BC</to></time>
  124. <p>Celtic tribes move west</p>
  125. </event>
  126.  
  127. <event>
  128. <vague></vague>
  129. <time><from>500 BC</from><to>401 BC</to></time>
  130. <p>Athens builds empire in east Mediterranean</p>
  131. </event>
  132. <event>
  133. <vague></vague>
  134. <time><from>500 BC</from><to>401 BC</to></time>
  135. <p>Athens fights Sparta</p>
  136. </event>
  137. <specific>
  138. <date>490 BC</date>
  139. <p>Greeks defeat Persians at battle of Salamis</p>
  140. </specific>
  141.  
  142.  
  143. <event>
  144. <vague></vague>
  145. <time><from>400 BC</from><to>301 BC</to></time>
  146. <p>Alexander the Great conquers Persian empire</p>
  147. </event>
  148. <event>
  149. <vague></vague>
  150. <time><from>400 BC</from><to>301 BC</to></time>
  151. <p>Rome expands in Italy</p>
  152. </event>
  153. <specific>
  154. <date>399 BC</date>
  155. <p>Socrates dies</p>
  156. </specific>
  157. <specific>
  158. <date>385 BC</date>
  159. <p>Plato founds first university</p>
  160. </specific>
  161.  
  162. <event>
  163. <vague></vague>
  164. <time><from>300 BC</from><to>201 BC</to></time>
  165. <p>Roman expansion continues</p>
  166. </event>
  167. <event>
  168. <vague></vague>
  169. <time><from>300 BC</from><to>201 BC</to></time>
  170. <p>Romans defeat Carthage and conquer Spain</p>
  171. </event>
  172.  
  173. <event>
  174. <vague></vague>
  175. <time><from>200 BC</from><to>101 BC</to></time>
  176. <p>Romans conquer Greece</p>
  177. </event>
  178. <specific>
  179. <date>146 BC</date>
  180. <p>Carthage destroyed</p>
  181. </specific>
  182.  
  183. <event>
  184. <vague></vague>
  185. <time><from>100 BC</from><to>1 BC</to></time>
  186. <p>Julius Caesar conquers Gaul and invades Britain</p>
  187. </event>
  188. <event>
  189. <vague></vague>
  190. <time><from>100 BC</from><to>1 BC</to></time>
  191. <p>Roman Republic collapses</p>
  192. </event>
  193.  
  194. <specific>
  195. <date>27 BC</date>
  196. <p>Augustus proclaims Roman empire</p>
  197. </specific>
  198. <event>
  199. <specific>
  200. <date>4 BC</date>
  201. <p>Jesus Christ born</p>
  202. </specific>
  203.  
  204. <event>
  205. <vague></vague>
  206. <time><from>1</from><to>100</to></time>
  207. <p>Britain becomes Roman province</p>
  208. </event>
  209.  
  210. <event>
  211. <vague></vague>
  212. <time><from>1</from><to>100</to></time>
  213. <p>Persecution of Christians</p>
  214. </event>
  215.  
  216. <specific>
  217. <date>29</date>
  218. <p>Jesus crucified</p>
  219. </specific>
  220.  
  221. <specific>
  222. <date>64</date>
  223. <p>St Peter crucified in Rome</p>
  224. </specific>
  225.  
  226.  
  227. <event>
  228. <vague></vague>
  229. <time><from>101</from><to>200</to></time>
  230. <p>Roman empire at its peak under Emperors Trajan and Hadrian</p>
  231. </event>
  232. <specific>
  233. <date>160</date>
  234. <p>Barbarian tribes invade Roman empire</p>
  235. </specific>
  236.  
  237. <event>
  238. <vague></vague>
  239. <time><from>201</from><to>300</to></time>
  240. <p>Romans attacked by tribes beyond Rhine and Danube</p>
  241. </event>
  242.  
  243. <event>
  244. <vague></vague>
  245. <time><from>301</from><to>400</to></time>
  246. <p>Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes Roman capital</p>
  247. </event>
  248.  
  249. <event>
  250. <vague></vague>
  251. <time><from>301</from><to>400</to></time>
  252. <p>Christianity spreads</p>
  253. </event>
  254.  
  255.  
  256. <specific>
  257. <date>313</date>
  258. <p>Emperor Constantine makes Christianity an approved religion</p>
  259. </specific>
  260. <event>
  261. <vague></vague>
  262. <time><from>401</from><to>500</to></time>
  263. <p>Western Roman empire collapses</p>
  264. </event>
  265.  
  266. <event>
  267. <vague></vague>
  268. <time><from>401</from><to>500</to></time>
  269. <p>Anglo-Saxons settle in Britain</p>
  270. </event>
  271.  
  272. <specific>
  273. <date>410</date>
  274. <p>Rome captured by the Visigoths</p>
  275. </specific>
  276.  
  277.  
  278.  
  279. <event>
  280. <vague></vague>
  281. <time><from>501</from><to>600</to></time>
  282. <p>Christian missionaries convert people in France, Britain and Germany</p>
  283. </event>
  284.  
  285. <specific>
  286. <date>523</date>
  287. <p>Benedict founds Benedictine order of monks</p>
  288. </specific>
  289.  
  290.  
  291. <event>
  292. <vague></vague>
  293. <time><from>601</from><to>700</to></time>
  294. <p>Kingdom of Franks strong</p>
  295. </event>
  296.  
  297. <event>
  298. <vague></vague>
  299. <time><from>601</from><to>700</to></time>
  300. <p>Pope's authority grows</p>
  301. </event>
  302.  
  303.  
  304.  
  305. <event>
  306. <vague></vague>
  307. <time><from>701</from><to>800</to></time>
  308. <p>Muslim Moors conquer Spain and invade France</p>
  309. </event>
  310.  
  311. <specific>
  312. <date>732</date>
  313. <p>Charles Martel defeats Moors at Poitiers</p>
  314. </specific>
  315.  
  316. <specific>
  317. <date>800</date>
  318. <p>Charlemagne crowned emperor</p>
  319. </specific>
  320.  
  321.  
  322. <event>
  323. <vague></vague>
  324. <time><from>801</from><to>900</to></time>
  325. <p>Vikings raid Ireland, England, France and Italy</p>
  326. </event>
  327.  
  328. <specific>
  329. <date>845</date>
  330. <p>Vikings sack Paris</p>
  331. </specific>
  332.  
  333. <specific>
  334. <date>878</date>
  335. <p>King Alfred defeats Vikings in England</p>
  336. </specific>
  337.  
  338.  
  339. <event>
  340. <vague></vague>
  341. <time><from>901</from><to>1000</to></time>
  342. <p>Kingdom of Poland established</p>
  343. </event>
  344.  
  345.  
  346. <event>
  347. <vague></vague>
  348. <time><from>901</from><to>1000</to></time>
  349. <p>German Holy Roman Empire established</p>
  350. </event>
  351.  
  352. <event>
  353. <vague></vague>
  354. <time><from>901</from><to>1000</to></time>
  355. <p>Russians converted by Greek Christians</p>
  356. </event>
  357.  
  358.  
  359.  
  360. <specific>
  361. <date>911</date>
  362. <p>Vikings rule Duchy of Normandy</p>
  363. </specific>
  364.  
  365. <specific>
  366. <date>962</date>
  367. <p>Otto the Great crowned Holy Roman Emperor</p>
  368. </specific>
  369.  
  370.  
  371. <event>
  372. <vague></vague>
  373. <time><from>1001</from><to>1100</to></time>
  374. <p>Christendom divides &en; Roman Catholics in the West, Eastern Orthodox in the East</p>
  375. </event>
  376.  
  377. <specific>
  378. <date>1066</date>
  379. <p>Battle of Hastings &en; Normans conquer England</p>
  380. </specific>
  381.  
  382. <specific>
  383. <date>1095</date>
  384. <p>First crusade</p>
  385. </specific>
  386.  
  387.  
  388.  
  389. <event>
  390. <vague></vague>
  391. <time><from>1101</from><to>1200</to></time>
  392. <p>French kings extend their power</p>
  393. </event>
  394.  
  395.  
  396.  
  397. <event>
  398. <vague></vague>
  399. <time><from>1101</from><to>1200</to></time>
  400. <p>Crusades to Holy Land</p>
  401. </event>
  402.  
  403. <specific>
  404. <date>1187</date>
  405. <p>Muslims reconquer Jerusalem from crusaders</p>
  406. </specific>
  407.  
  408.  
  409.  
  410. <event>
  411. <vague></vague>
  412. <time><from>1201</from><to>1300</to></time>
  413. <p>Christians defeat Muslims in Spain</p>
  414. </event>
  415.  
  416.  
  417. <event>
  418. <vague></vague>
  419. <time><from>1201</from><to>1300</to></time>
  420. <p>Golden Horde conquers Russia</p>
  421. </event>
  422.  
  423.  
  424. <event>
  425. <vague></vague>
  426. <time><from>1201</from><to>1300</to></time>
  427. <p>Gothic architecture</p>
  428. </event>
  429.  
  430. <specific>
  431. <from>1271</from><to>1295</to>
  432. <p>Marco Polo travels in China</p>
  433. </specific>
  434.  
  435.  
  436. <event>
  437. <vague></vague>
  438. <time><from>1301</from><to>1400</to></time>
  439. <p>Venice, Florence and Genoa are powerful city states</p>
  440. </event>
  441.  
  442. <event>
  443. <vague></vague>
  444. <time><from>1301</from><to>1400</to></time>
  445. <p>Hundred Years War between England and France begins</p>
  446. </event>
  447.  
  448.  
  449. <specific>
  450. <date>1347</date>
  451. <p>Black Death</p>
  452. </specific>
  453.  
  454. <specific>
  455. <date>1326</date>
  456. <p>Ivan I Grand Prince of Moscow</p>
  457. </specific>
  458.  
  459. <event>
  460. <vague></vague>
  461. <time><from>1401</from><to>1500</to></time>
  462. <p>Italian renaissance</p>
  463. </event>
  464.  
  465.  
  466. <event>
  467. <vague></vague>
  468. <time><from>1401</from><to>1500</to></time>
  469. <p>Europeans explore India and the Caribbean</p>
  470. </event>
  471.  
  472.  
  473. <event>
  474. <vague></vague>
  475. <time><from>1401</from><to>1500</to></time>
  476. <p>Russians expel Mongol Golden Horde</p>
  477. </event>
  478.  
  479. <specific>
  480. <date>1453</date>
  481. <p>Turks capture Constantinople</p>
  482. </specific>
  483.  
  484.  
  485.  
  486. <specific>
  487. <date>1492</date>
  488. <p>Christians conquer Granada</p>
  489. </specific>
  490.  
  491.  
  492. <event>
  493. <vague></vague>
  494. <time><from>1501</from><to>1600</to></time>
  495. <p>Reformation of the church in Germany, England, Scotland and Scandinavia</p>
  496. </event>
  497.  
  498.  
  499. <event>
  500. <vague></vague>
  501. <time><from>1501</from><to>1600</to></time>
  502. <p>Spanish conquer the Aztecs and Incas</p>
  503. </event>
  504.  
  505.  
  506. <event>
  507. <vague></vague>
  508. <time><from>1501</from><to>1600</to></time>
  509. <p>Wars between Catholics and Protestants</p>
  510. </event>
  511.  
  512.  
  513. <specific>
  514. <date>1526</date>
  515. <p>Turks besiege Vienna</p>
  516. </specific>
  517.  
  518.  
  519. <specific>
  520. <date>1571</date>
  521. <p>Christians defeat Turks at battle of Lepanto</p>
  522. </specific>
  523.  
  524.  
  525. <event>
  526. <vague></vague>
  527. <time><from>1601</from><to>1700</to></time>
  528. <p>European colonies in America</p>
  529. </event>
  530.  
  531.  
  532. <event>
  533. <vague></vague>
  534. <time><from>1601</from><to>1700</to></time>
  535. <p>Dutch Netherlands independent</p>
  536. </event>
  537.  
  538.  
  539. <specific>
  540. <from>1642</from><to>1649</to>
  541. <p>English Civil War</p>
  542. </specific>
  543.  
  544.  
  545.  
  546. <specific>
  547. <date>1672</date>
  548. <p>St Paul's cathedral, London designed</p>
  549. </specific>
  550.  
  551.  
  552. <specific>
  553. <date>1678</date>
  554. <p>Palace of Versailles</p>
  555. </specific>
  556.  
  557.  
  558. <event>
  559. <vague></vague>
  560. <time><from>1701</from><to>1800</to></time>
  561. <p>Britain loses American colonies, but expands empire in India and Canada</p>
  562. </event>
  563.  
  564.  
  565. <event>
  566. <vague></vague>
  567. <time><from>1701</from><to>1800</to></time>
  568. <p>Russia expands south-east</p>
  569. </event>
  570.  
  571.  
  572. <event>
  573. <vague></vague>
  574. <time><from>1701</from><to>1800</to></time>
  575. <p>Industrial and agricultural revolutions</p>
  576. </event>
  577.  
  578.  
  579. <specific>
  580. <date>1703</date>
  581. <p>St Petersburg founded</p>
  582. </specific>
  583.  
  584.  
  585. <specific>
  586. <date>1789</date>
  587. <p>French revolution</p>
  588. </specific>
  589.  
  590.  
  591.  
  592. <event>
  593. <vague></vague>
  594. <time><from>1801</from><to>1900</to></time>
  595. <p>European empires in Africa and Asia</p>
  596. </event>
  597.  
  598.  
  599. <event>
  600. <vague></vague>
  601. <time><from>1801</from><to>1900</to></time>
  602. <p>Russian empire expands</p>
  603. </event>
  604.  
  605.  
  606. <specific>
  607. <from>1799</from><to>1815</to>
  608. <p>Napoleonic wars</p>
  609. </specific>
  610.  
  611.  
  612. <specific>
  613. <from>1854</from><to>1856</to>
  614. <p>Crimean war</p>
  615. </specific>
  616.  
  617.  
  618. <specific>
  619. <date>1870</date>
  620. <p>Unification of Germany, unification of Italy</p>
  621. </specific>
  622.  
  623.  
  624.  
  625. <event>
  626. <vague></vague>
  627. <time><from>1901</from><to>2000</to></time>
  628. <p>Motor cars, aircraft, electronics, telecommunications, nuclear power, space exploration</p>
  629. </event>
  630.  
  631.  
  632. <event>
  633. <vague></vague>
  634. <time><from>1901</from><to>2000</to></time>
  635. <p>European empires end and former colonies become nation states</p>
  636. </event>
  637.  
  638.  
  639. <specific>
  640. <from>1914</from><to>1918</to>
  641. <p>World War I</p>
  642. </specific>
  643.  
  644.  
  645. <specific>
  646. <date>1917</date>
  647. <p>Russian Revolution</p>
  648. </specific>
  649.  
  650.  
  651. <specific>
  652. <from>1939</from><to>1945</to>
  653. <p>World War II</p>
  654. </specific>
  655.  
  656.  
  657. <specific>
  658. <from>1989</from><to>1992</to>
  659. <p>Collapse of communism, break-up of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union</p>
  660. </specific>
  661.  
  662. </article>
  663.  
  664.  
  665.  
  666.